Do you want to know all about new health technologies, such as using smartphone monitoring data to improve medical diagnostics, or developing computer simulation models that can help to minimize waiting times? Are you curious about the impact of such new technologies and how they can best be deployed? Would you like to be able to predict trends in healthcare, or to optimize care processes for the patient? If so, the? programme offered by ?may be the perfect choice for you.
As of the second quartile you will choose one of the following specializations, each focusing on a specific area within the field. You can now also opt to obtain a teaching degree.
- Personalized monitoring and coaching. In this specialization you will focus on how to use wearables, smartphones and other technology to gather individual patient data and how to use this information to improve healthcare.
- Optimization of healthcare processes. In this specialization you will focus on the strategic component of patient-oriented healthcare management: how is healthcare arranged, both financially and practically, and how can improvements be made?
- Innovation in public health. In this specialization you can look into all kinds of innovative ways to improve public healthcare, e.g. by investigating how technology can contribute to fighting obesity. You will also learn how to prevent health professionals from treating similar patients differently.
Careers
Upon graduation you can decide to pursue a professional career in the healthcare sector right away. With a Master of Science degree in Health Sciences, you will be ideally suited to tackle challenges at the highest level in all areas of healthcare, for instance:
- in hospitals
- within insurance companies
- in home care
- within consultancy agencies
- within the government
- in the medical industry
You can be a manager, implement new care concepts as a project leader, or facilitate collaboration between healthcare organizations as a policy maker or consultant. On average, the University of Twente?s Health Sciences Master?s graduates manage to find work within just a little over two months.
